Wikileaks Iraq war documents leak is a big deal. After all, the Wikileaks Iraq war documents leak is not at all attractive to the American public. Not only did the leak of information threaten national security, it also makes the American military look bad in the wake of the continuous war efforts. In addition, the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at Iraqi police stations were abusive. In fact, on over more than 100 occasions, the US troops reported to their superiors the bad treatment of prisoners. However, they were told not to intervene.
Remember...we are supposed to be setting up Iraq so that they can be their own "democracy." We can't tell the police what they can and cannot do...and obviously they have differing views on what constitutes "humane treatment."
In addition, death total counts for noncombative deaths were revealed, graphic details of civilian deaths, and Iranian activity within Iraq all were made public. Of course, this move was widely denounced by the US Government. See video coverage below of the story.
